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The article linked ( https://www.404media.co/automattic-automatic-trademark-matt-mullenweg-kevin-geary/ https://www.404media.co/automattic-automatic-trademark-m
by hermitcrab 1mo ago
The article linked ( https://www.404media.co/automattic-automatic-trademark-matt-mullenweg-kevin-geary/ https://www.404media.co/automattic-automatic-trademark-matt-... ) is behind a paywall. But reading https://www.searchenginejournal.com/automattic-disputes-use-of-word-automatic-for-wordpress-product/560353/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/automattic-disputes-use-... it sounds like the claim 'Automattic attempted to claim it owns the word “automatic"' might not be accurate.
- notahacker 1mo agoYeah, regardless of other aspects of Automattic's behaviour, flagging that an identically-pronounced single letter variation of their registered company name might be a confusingly similar brand for a third party commercial service specifically designed to customise Automattic's product to adopt seems to be at the reasonable end of trademark disputes...